Literary Terms Review

The point the author wants you to remember the most from a text.

• theme

• simile

• main idea

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of the words.

• theme

• figurative language

• paraphrase

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare 2 things.

• metaphor

• simile

• point of view

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A comparison of 2 or more things without using like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• point of view

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A brief retelling of the main events.

• main idea

• theme

• summary

• poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The person telling the story.

• Point of view

• theme

• simile

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A type of writing that usually uses short lines and sometimes rhyme.

• stanza

• poem

• main idea

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

A group of lines in a poem.

• stanza

• paraphrase

• theme

• point of view.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Summarizing a poem.

• stanza

• main idea

• paraphrase

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

A lesson the reader can learn from a text.

• main idea

• summary

• simile

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D